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n. stamina
(a) a proposed route of travel
(b) a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; hommos; hoummos; humous
(c) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
(d) enduring strength and energy; toughness
 
n. machiavellian
(a) a follower of Machiavelli's principles
(b) floater
(c) a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
(d) any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon; olefin
 
n. fresco
(a) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; judicature
(b) having the property of containing fat; fattiness
(c) a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
(d) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
 
n. outskirts
(a) the act of becoming formally connected or joined
(b) someone who deliberately foments trouble; inciter; instigant
(c) outlying areas (as of a city or town)
(d) a colorless oily liquid; phenylethylene; vinylbenzene
 
n. waif
(a) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser
(b) a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
(c) meat from a deer used as food
(d) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

 

n. canto
(a) a stupid mistake; folly; foolishness; imbecility
(b) a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
(c) personal magnetism
(d) a major division of a long poem
 
n. missile
(a) great merriment; glee; gleefulness
(b) a notation used by choreographers
(c) the act of deriding or treating with contempt
(d) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
 
n. courier
(a) a person who carries a message
(b) large open car seating four with folding top; tourer
(c) beautiful handwriting; chirography
(d) person who ruins the fun or enjoyment of others
 
n. annexe
(a) temporary camp
(b) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting; vomitive; nauseant
(c) someone who wastes time; mope; lounger
(d) an addition that extends a main building; extension; wing
 
n. emmet
(a) social insect living in organized colonies; pismire
(b) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
(c) the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
(d) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall; rancour

n. stamina (d) enduring strength and energy; toughness
n. machiavellian (a) a follower of Machiavelli's principles
n. fresco (d) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
n. outskirts (c) outlying areas (as of a city or town)
n. waif (d) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
n. canto (d) a major division of a long poem
n. missile (d) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
n. courier (a) a person who carries a message
n. annexe (d) an addition that extends a main building; extension; wing
n. emmet (a) social insect living in organized colonies; pismire

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